Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of injection molding using ribs and apparatus therefor
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Application No.: US15762384Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US11110635B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Peter Neerincx , Ruud Heerkens
- Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Bergen op Zoom
- Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Current Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Bergen op Zoom
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/055708 WO 20160923
- International Announcement: WO2017/051375 WO 20170330
- Main IPC: B29C45/16
- IPC: B29C45/16 ; B29C45/17 ; B29C44/06 ; B29C44/08 ; B29L31/30 ; B29K105/00 ; B29K101/12 ; B29K27/18 ; B29K27/06 ; B29K33/04 ; B29K71/00 ; B29K55/02 ; B29K69/00 ; B29C44/34 ; B29K105/04

Abstract:
A method of injection molding parts, including: injecting a first thermoplastic polymer into a first cavity; forming a ribbed structure comprising ribs in the first cavity, wherein each rib in the ribbed structure includes a microstructure on an outer portion of a rib; and reducing the surface imperfections in the part by overmolding a layer formed in the second cavity onto a portion of a rib by injecting a second thermoplastic polymer into the second cavity, wherein the overmolding occurs at an interface between the layer and the ribbed structure; or injecting a first thermoplastic polymer into a first cavity; forming a layer in the first cavity; and overmolding a ribbed structure comprising ribs formed in the second cavity onto a portion of the layer formed in the first cavity. In further variations gas is injected into a microchannel formed at the interface or a foaming agent is applied in the first thermoplastic polymer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180272583A1 METHOD OF INJECTION MOLDING USING RIBS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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